“Amit Shah : ‘53 crore rupees were sent into the bank accounts of 41 crore people’”
Social media posts
Claim dated 31 May 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
In the interview, Amit Shah had said that 53000 crore rupees were sent into the bank accounts of 41 crore people. But 'Aaj Tak' news channel had misquoted ‘53 thousand crore rupees’ as ‘53 crore rupees’ in its breaking news template
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 31 May 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 June 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/347674372383418/photos/a.347691745715014/871476033336580/?type=3…
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